| Alestes baremoze |
Silversides |
Alestidae |
benthopelagic |
43.0 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Alestes dentex |
Characin |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
55.0 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Amphilius platychir |
Mountain barbel |
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
9.2 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Amphilius rheophilus |
|
Amphiliidae |
demersal |
12.2 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Aplocheilichthys spilauchen |
Banded lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
8.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Auchenoglanis biscutatus |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
54.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Auchenoglanis occidentalis |
Bubu |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
70.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Bostrychus africanus |
|
Butidae |
demersal |
21.0 TL |
4.0 |
native |
| Brevimyrus niger |
|
Mormyridae |
benthopelagic |
15.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Brienomyrus brachyistius |
|
Mormyridae |
benthopelagic |
20.0 TL |
2.8 |
native |
| Brycinus leuciscus |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
12.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Brycinus macrolepidotus |
True big-scale tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
53.0 SL |
2.8 |
questionable |
| Brycinus nurse |
Nurse tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
25.0 TL |
2.5 |
native |
| Bryconalestes longipinnis |
Longfin tetra |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
16.4 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Carcharhinus leucas |
Bull shark |
Carcharhinidae |
reef-associated |
400.0 TL |
4.3 |
native |
| Carlarius latiscutatus |
Rough-head sea catfish |
Ariidae |
demersal |
85.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Carlarius parkii |
Guinean sea catfish |
Ariidae |
demersal |
75.0 TL |
4.1 |
native |
| Chelon bandialensis |
Diassanga Mullet |
Mugilidae |
demersal |
57.2 SL |
2.6 |
native |
| Chiloglanis occidentalis |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
5.7 SL |
3.2 |
questionable |
| Chrysichthys johnelsi |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
33.0 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Chrysichthys maurus |
|
Claroteidae |
demersal |
51.0 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus |
Belly up |
Claroteidae |
demersal |
65.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Citharichthys stampflii |
Smooth flounder |
Cyclopsettidae |
demersal |
17.6 TL |
3.9 |
native |
| Citharinus citharus |
Moon fish |
Citharinidae |
demersal |
58.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Clarias anguillaris |
Mudfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
100.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Clarias buettikoferi |
|
Clariidae |
demersal |
19.2 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Coptodon dageti |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
40.0 TL |
2.4 |
questionable |
| Coptodon guineensis |
Guinean tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
30.0 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Ctenopoma kingsleyae |
Tailspot ctenopoma |
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
18.2 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Ctenopoma petherici |
|
Anabantidae |
benthopelagic |
17.4 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Distichodus brevipinnis |
|
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
59.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Distichodus rostratus |
Grass-eater |
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
76.0 TL |
2.6 |
native |
| Dormitator lebretonis |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
12.4 TL |
2.5 |
native |
| Eleotris senegalensis |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
22.4 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Eleotris vittata |
|
Eleotridae |
demersal |
22.0 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Elops lacerta |
West African ladyfish |
Elopidae |
pelagic-neritic |
100.0 TL |
4.2 |
native |
| Elops senegalensis |
Senegalese ladyfish |
Elopidae |
pelagic-neritic |
90.0 TL |
4.1 |
native |
| Enneacampus ansorgii |
|
Syngnathidae |
demersal |
13.6 SL |
3.3 |
native |
| Enteromius baudoni |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.3 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius dialonensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
8.1 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius foutensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
9.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius leonensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
3.3 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius macrops |
Blackstripe barb |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
16.9 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius niokoloensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
4.7 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius pobeguini |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
5.4 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius salessei |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
4.7 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Enteromius sublineatus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
7.1 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Epiplatys bifasciatus |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
6.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Epiplatys spilargyreius |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Ethmalosa fimbriata |
Bonga shad |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic-neritic |
46.0 TL |
2.5 |
native |
| Eucinostomus melanopterus |
Flagfin mojarra |
Gerreidae |
demersal |
30.0 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Fontitrygon margarita |
Daisy stingray |
Dasyatidae |
demersal |
100.0 WD |
3.4 |
native |
| Fontitrygon ukpam |
Thorny freshwater stingray |
Dasyatidae |
demersal |
120.0 WD |
3.7 |
native |
| Galeichthys feliceps |
White barbel |
Ariidae |
demersal |
55.0 TL |
3.8 |
native |
| Gobioides sagitta |
|
Gobiidae |
demersal |
39.7 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Gymnarchus niloticus |
Aba |
Gymnarchidae |
demersal |
167.0 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Hemichromis fasciatus |
Banded jewelfish |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
21.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Hepsetus occidentalis |
|
Hepsetidae |
benthopelagic |
35.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Hepsetus odoe |
|
Hepsetidae |
demersal |
44.2 SL |
4.1 |
misidentification |
| Heterobranchus bidorsalis |
African catfish |
Clariidae |
demersal |
150.0 TL |
3.7 |
native |
| Heterobranchus longifilis |
Sampa |
Clariidae |
demersal |
150.0 SL |
3.7 |
native |
| Heterotis niloticus |
African bonytongue |
Arapaimidae |
pelagic |
100.0 SL |
2.7 |
native |
| Hydrocynus brevis |
Tiger-fish |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
86.0 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Hydrocynus forskahlii |
Elongate tigerfish |
Alestidae |
pelagic |
78.0 SL |
4.0 |
native |
| Hyperopisus bebe |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
51.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Ilisha africana |
West African ilisha |
Pristigasteridae |
pelagic-neritic |
30.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Kribia kribensis |
|
Butidae |
demersal |
4.6 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Kribia nana |
|
Butidae |
demersal |
5.8 TL |
3.4 |
questionable |
| Labeo coubie |
African carp |
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
75.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Labeo parvus |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
38.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Labeo senegalensis |
|
Cyprinidae |
benthopelagic |
65.0 TL |
2.1 |
native |
| Lates niloticus |
Nile perch |
Latidae |
demersal |
200.0 TL |
4.5 |
questionable |
| Malapterurus occidentalis |
|
Malapteruridae |
demersal |
32.0 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Marcusenius mento |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
26.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Marcusenius senegalensis |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
32.1 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mastacembelus liberiensis |
|
Mastacembelidae |
benthopelagic |
36.8 SL |
3.8 |
native |
| Micropanchax pfaffi |
Pfaff's lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Mormyrops anguilloides |
Cornish jack |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
150.0 TL |
3.8 |
native |
| Mormyrus hasselquistii |
Elephant snout |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
50.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Mormyrus rume |
Mormyrids |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
100.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Nannocharax ansorgii |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
3.7 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Nannocharax fasciatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
6.6 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Nematogobius maindroni |
|
Gobiidae |
demersal |
8.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Neochelon falcipinnis |
Sicklefin mullet |
Mugilidae |
demersal |
41.0 FL |
2.9 |
native |
| Neolebias unifasciatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
pelagic |
4.2 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Nothobranchius thierryi |
Togo Killifish |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
3.5 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Oreochromis niloticus |
Nile tilapia |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
60.0 SL |
2.0 |
native |
| Papyrocranus afer |
Reticulate knifefish |
Notopteridae |
demersal |
80.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Parachanna obscura |
African obscure snakehead |
Channidae |
demersal |
50.0 SL |
3.4 |
native |
| Paradistichodus dimidiatus |
|
Distichodontidae |
demersal |
7.6 TL |
3.0 |
native |
| Parailia spiniserrata |
|
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
5.4 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Pellonula leonensis |
Smalltoothed pellonula |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
12.1 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Pellonula vorax |
Bigtoothed pellonula |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
12.0 SL |
3.1 |
misidentification |
| Periophthalmus barbarus |
Atlantic mudskipper |
Oxudercidae |
reef-associated |
14.7 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus bane |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
20.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Petrocephalus bovei |
|
Mormyridae |
demersal |
11.5 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Pollimyrus isidori |
Elephant Fish |
Mormyridae |
demersal |
10.3 TL |
2.6 |
native |
| Polypterus bichir |
Nile bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
74.0 TL |
4.5 |
native |
| Polypterus palmas |
Shortfin bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
35.3 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Polypterus senegalus |
Gray bichir |
Polypteridae |
demersal |
70.0 SL |
3.5 |
native |
| Pomadasys jubelini |
Sompat grunt |
Haemulidae |
demersal |
60.0 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Porogobius schlegelii |
|
Gobiidae |
demersal |
18.9 TL |
2.9 |
native |
| Poropanchax normani |
Norman's lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
4.5 TL |
3.3 |
native |
| Pristis pristis |
Common sawfish |
Pristidae |
demersal |
750.0 TL |
4.0 |
native |
| Pronothobranchius gambiensis |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
pelagic |
4.7 SL |
3.2 |
endemic |
| Pronothobranchius kiyawensis |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
4.7 |
3.2 |
misidentification |
| Protopterus annectens |
West African lungfish |
Protopteridae |
demersal |
100.0 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Raiamas senegalensis |
Senegal minnow |
Danionidae |
benthopelagic |
24.5 TL |
3.4 |
native |
| Rhabdalestes septentrionalis |
|
Alestidae |
pelagic |
6.9 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Rhexipanchax lamberti |
Lambert's lampeye |
Procatopodidae |
benthopelagic |
|
3.2 |
native |
| Rubricatochromis bimaculatus |
Jewelfish |
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
13.6 SL |
3.9 |
native |
| Sardinella maderensis |
Madeiran sardinella |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
30.0 SL |
3.2 |
native |
| Sarotherodon galilaeus |
Mango tilapia |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
39.5 TL |
2.2 |
native |
| Sarotherodon melanotheron |
Blackchin tilapia |
Cichlidae |
demersal |
28.0 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Sarotherodon occidentalis |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
28.3 SL |
2.2 |
native |
| Schilbe intermedius |
Silver catfish |
Schilbeidae |
pelagic |
50.0 SL |
3.6 |
native |
| Schilbe mystus |
African butter catfish |
Schilbeidae |
demersal |
35.0 SL |
3.5 |
error |
| Scriptaphyosemion geryi |
Gérys killi |
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
5.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Scriptaphyosemion guignardi |
|
Nothobranchiidae |
benthopelagic |
6.0 TL |
3.2 |
native |
| Sierrathrissa leonensis |
West African pygmy herring |
Dorosomatidae |
pelagic |
3.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis annectens |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
24.3 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis batensoda |
Upsidedown catfish |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
20.5 SL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis clarias |
Mandi |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
36.0 SL |
3.0 |
native |
| Synodontis membranaceus |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
46.0 SL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis nigrita |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
33.5 TL |
2.8 |
native |
| Synodontis ocellifer |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
49.0 TL |
3.1 |
native |
| Synodontis schall |
Wahrindi |
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
37.0 SL |
2.9 |
native |
| Synodontis waterloti |
|
Mochokidae |
benthopelagic |
14.1 SL |
2.5 |
native |
| Tetraodon lineatus |
Globe fish |
Tetraodontidae |
demersal |
43.0 TL |
3.6 |
native |
| Tilapia brevimanus |
|
Cichlidae |
demersal |
24.8 SL |
2.1 |
questionable |
| Tylochromis intermedius |
|
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
23.0 SL |
2.6 |
native |
| Tylochromis jentinki |
|
Cichlidae |
benthopelagic |
27.0 SL |
2.7 |
native |